Intake SOHC VTEC

vtec snorkel + air conditioning = liquid cooled intake? (like water cooling a pc)

IS there a way to feed a/c straight into ur intake instead of the cars ventilation system? lol

actually heres some interesting info...

http://journals.pepublishing.com/con...551k8r7447ml4/

hahahaha, well if that was viable, i think u will find that race cars would of adopted it ages ago...kinda reminds of me supercharger, as it needs the engine to turn supercharger to make power, except ur usin a/c to lol..... iev yet to see any air ram intake system on civcs, on s2ks an teggys theres one or 2 designs out, but none for civics :(

the article basically says that the a/c does improve the power - but also cancell's itself out

say it makes an extra 15kw of power - but takes 12kw to run the pump

some good numbers where made with a/c radiator tuning and refinement - but overall not worth the effort

my thoughts turn to a electrically driven a/c intake seperate from the engine that runs off a capacitor like you would use for a big stereo setup - than you can activate it like a nos button

hrm ... might be onto something there

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Originally Posted by TheSaint

the article basically says that the a/c does improve the power - but also cancell's itself out

say it makes an extra 15kw of power - but takes 12kw to run the pump

some good numbers where made with a/c radiator tuning and refinement - but overall not worth the effort

my thoughts turn to a electrically driven a/c intake seperate from the engine that runs off a capacitor like you would use for a big stereo setup - than you can activate it like a nos button

hrm ... might be onto something there

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And also the fact if ur running a/c full blast for like 2-3 hours non stop, u will wear down the ac prematurely, an re gassing it very often as well, its a good theory, but proven to be ineffective

what about running it electronically off a capacitor in short bursts?

would need a big capacitor to turn the ac id imagine....

Still seems like a good idea to try out.

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Originally Posted by mugen_ctr

would need a big capacitor to turn the ac id imagine....

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wouldnt a 1 farrad cap from a car stereo shop work?

u would only need it to run for a couple of minutes

only problem i can see is weight

well sounds convincing enough, but whos willing to do it for testing purpose lol

Apparently best temperature for O2 going into your engine is 4 degrees C I've been told

im sure you could have an a/c that regulates the air to the correct temperature

isnt the coldest setting at 15 degrees from ac? well, im taking it from my old car, 180sx with climate control, apparently the digital climate control said it can go lowest was 15 degrees, but never felt that cold